﻿<topic>
	<head>
		<title>Cross Join</title>
		<keywords>
			<keyword term="execution plan, cross join"/>
			<keyword term="logical operators, cross join"/>
		</keywords>
		<links>
			<link href="Execution Plan Reference.html">Execution Plan Reference</link>
		</links>
	</head>
	<body>
		<summary>
			<p>
				The <b>Cross Join</b> operator joins each row from the first (top) input with each row from the second (bottom) input.
				This operation is often referred to as the <i>Cartesian Product</i>.
			</p>
			<p>
				<b>Cross Join</b> is a logical operator.
			</p>
		</summary>
	</body>
</topic>
